On this day in 1898, Norris Wright Cuney, politician, died in San Antonio. Born to a white planter father, Philip Minor Cuney, and a slave mother, Adeline Stuart, in 1846 near Hempstead, Texas, Cuney...(Read More)

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Plainview Daily HeraldSally Skull was not a woman to mess withPlainview Daily HeraldThe Handbook of Texas claims the parting was peaceful without loss of life, while other sources insist Sally drowned Wadkins in a barrel of whiskey or shot him in the head for waking her from a sound sleep. The Civil War and Union blockade of Texas ...

KERA NewsToday Is Texas Independence Day, Y'all!KERA NewsHappy Texas Independence Day, y'all! We'll let the experts at the Texas State Historical Association explain: “On this day in 1836, Texas became a republic. On March 1, delegates from the 17 Mexican municipalities of Texas and the settlement of Pecan ...

HAILE: Lynch mobs bring shame to prominent pair of Texas townsSeguin Gazette-EnterpriseAccording to the Handbook of Texas, the last word on all things Texan, there were 492 lynchings in Texas between 1862 and 1930. Most were carried out in the dead of night far from prying eyes, but more than a few illegal “executions” took place in ...